♥ - WATTA WONDERFUL WORLD... 05/02/2013 - ♥

 

No matter what adverse situations

 come in front of you,
no matter how many obstacles

come in front of you,
 your happiness should not disappear.

An obstacle that comes

will also go away.

 That obstacle comes and goes away

but what belongs to you should not go.

So, happiness is your property.

Whenever an obstacle comes,

just think that it has come to go away.

When a guest comes to your home,

it isn't that he has come as a guest
and will go away having taken

 everything from your home.

So an obstacle has come

and it will go away

 but it should not take away

your happiness.
Happiness should always

remain with you.

 

"We are all dreaming 

of some magical rose garden 

over the horizon-

instead of enjoying

the roses that are blooming

 outside

our windows today."

-Dale Carnegie

"A friend is one to whom 

you can pour out
the contents of your heart, 

chaff and grain alike.
Knowing that the gentlest of hands

 will take and sift it, 

keep what is worth keeping 

and with a breath of kindness, 

blow the rest away."

-Anonymous

"You cannot do a kindness 

too soon,
for you never know how soon
it will be too late." 

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When you are kind to

 someone in trouble,

you hope they'll remember

and be kind to

someone else.

And it'll become

like a wildfire."

-Whoopi Goldberg

"All the adversity

 I've had in my life,

all my troubles

 have strengthened me ...

You may not realize it

when it happens,

but

a kick in the teeth

may be the  best thing

in the world for you."

Walt Disney

 

Chosen Feelings

The situation does not create the feeling.

You create whatever feeling you wish to feel

 in each particular situation.

 Why are some people happy

and other people sad

in the same circumstance?

Because that is how they have chosen to be.

When you respond the same way often enough

it becomes a habit that

you follow without even thinking.

In this way your feelings

come to seem automatic,

even though they never have to be.

The way you feel was at some point

a conscious choice.

And you can choose to change,

or let go of,

or expand what you feel,

or to create an entirely new feeling.

The connection between the moment

 and the feeling is made by you.

Always,

you can feel the feelings that serve you best,
the ones that pull you toward true

and magnificent fulfillment.

Your feelings profoundly influence

 the life you experience,
and those feelings are yours

 to choose in any moment.

 Choose the ones that give real power

to the purpose that lives within you.

~Ralph Marston~

Mini Apple Crostatas

1Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust (from 15-oz box), 

softened as directed on box

1Large baking apple, peeled, 

cored and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)

2Tablespoons sugar

1/4Teaspoon ground cinnamon

8Teaspoons caramel flavored topping

• 1 Heat oven to 425°F. Unroll crust on work surface. Roll crust out slightly; cut into 4 (5-inch) rounds. Place rounds on parchment lined cookie sheet.
• 2 In medium bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon; toss apple slices into sugar mixture. Divide apple slices evenly onto center of each pie crust round. Fold 1/2-inch of crust over filling, pinching slightly so that crust lays flat on apples.
• 3 Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples slices are tender. Drizzle 2 teaspoons caramel topping over each crostata. If desired, serve warm with ice cream.

Cooking Spray as Candlestick Cleaner

Celebrating by candlelight? 

Spray the inside of a votive holder 

with a thin coating before 

dropping in a tea light. 

After the candle has burned down,

 the remaining wax will slip out.

Mayon Volcano. 

Lumpia are pastries of Chinese origin similar to fresh popiah or fried spring rolls popular in Southeast Asia. The term lumpia derives from Hokkien lunpia (Chinese: pinyin), which is an alternate term for popiah. The recipe, both fried and fresh versions, was brought by the Chinese immigrants from the Fujian province of China to Southeast Asia and became popular where they settled in Indonesia and the Philippines. 

HALAYANG UBE

CHERRY PIE